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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Did Israeli PM Netanyahu Meet Saudi Bin Salman in Bid to Thwart Biden Plan to restore Iran Deal?

Did Israeli PM Netanyahu Meet Saudi Bin Salman in Bid to Thwart Biden Plan to restore Iran Deal?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli news site i24 Arabic reports from the Hebrew press that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the head […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
From the KKK to Europe’s new “Jihadis”: The Hidden Logic of seemingly Random Acts of Terror

From the KKK to Europe’s new “Jihadis”: The Hidden Logic of seemingly Random Acts of Terror

By Glenn E. Robinson | – Prior to his November 2 shooting rampage in Vienna, Kujtim Fejzullai’s affinity for ISIS was known to Austrian police, […]

Glenn E. Robinson

Donald Trump
Israel accused of using Trump's last days as President to deny Palestinian Rights

Israel accused of using Trump’s last days as President to deny Palestinian Rights

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – The period between the American election in November and the inauguration of the new president in January is often […]

Mohammed Samaana

China
China beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism

China beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism

By Elanah Uretsky | – I live in a democracy. But as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself longing for the type of freedom I am […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
One last Time, Trump lies to the International Community about the Climate Emergency and Green Energy

One last Time, Trump lies to the International Community about the Climate Emergency and Green Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – DW gives a clip of Trump’s unhinged video rant to the G20 summit against the Paris Climate Accord on Sunday, […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
America's not-so-Model Elections:  So much for Exceptionalism

America’s not-so-Model Elections: So much for Exceptionalism

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Following weeks of speculation and worry about the possibility of violence and/or crasing technical systems the United […]

John Buell

Bill of Rights
Presidents are Paid Public Servants, Not Aristocrats above the Law:  Lessons from Rousseau, Jefferson and Tang China

Presidents are Paid Public Servants, Not Aristocrats above the Law: Lessons from Rousseau, Jefferson and Tang China

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – “Let the constitution of a government be what it will, if there is but one man in it […]

Martin Powers

Joe Biden
Can Progressives Push Biden to take on Washington's Sacred Cows: Foreign Policy and the Pentagon?

Can Progressives Push Biden to take on Washington’s Sacred Cows: Foreign Policy and the Pentagon?

In this mystifying moment, the post-electoral sentiments of most Americans can be summed up either as “Ding dong! The witch is dead!” or “We got […]

Danny Sjursen

Donald Trump
As Daily Cases climb toward 200K, "Trump is Playing Golf" (to the same accompaniment as "Whitey on the Moon")

As Daily Cases climb toward 200K, “Trump is Playing Golf” (to the same accompaniment as “Whitey on the Moon”)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The G-20 summit, attended virtually by the leaders of the 20 countries with the largest gross domestic products, was orchestrated […]

Juan Cole

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